Fentanyl crisis strains US-Mexico diplomatic relations
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has announced sanctions against individuals and companies linked to Mexican drug cartels
Christian Duverger, historian: ‘Hernán Cortés was a republican who stood against an absolutist monarchy’
The Frenchman has published a novel in which the Spanish conquistador recounts his life and adventures to his eldest son
Candidates in the crosshairs: the military takes over election security in Mexico
Presidential contenders will have Army protection for the 2024 campaign after over 100 people running for office in 2021 were killed
UFOs land in the Mexican Congress: Scientists and pilots recount their experiences of ‘anomalous phenomena’
Experts from several countries are calling on governments to share the information that they have in their possession regarding non-human intelligence and technology, for the progress of science and knowledge
A child buried underground: mothers conquer the political arena in Mexico
Candidates for political office can no longer sideline or neglect the women who are looking for their missing loved ones
Mexico is already thinking about its first ever female president
Two very different candidates, Claudia Sheinbaum and Xóchitl Gálvez, will compete in 2024 for the highest office in the nation
Mexico offers a new plant to the world
Discovered in a botanical garden, the ‘Viridantha minuscula’ is an example of the country’s enormous variety of species
In Mexico, organized crime flexes social muscle among the poorest ahead of elections
The drug lords have the power to bring thousands of people to the streets and force the State to negotiate their demands. Experts are already talking about the risk of a full-blown “narco-state”
Clashes between President López Obrador and Supreme Court bog down Mexican politics
The number of disputes over laws and decrees between the executive branch and the judiciary has skyrocketed during AMLO’s six-year term, straining the institutional balance in Mexico
In Mexico, Morena party candidates for the presidency cozy up to the boss
The contenders tout the virtues of President López Obrador, well aware of the influence he wields in the succession process
The mayor of Tijuana’s new life living in a barracks: ‘My son will be able to go outside and play’
Death threats, an attack on her bodyguard and an attempted break-in at her home forced Montserrat Caballero to take temporary refuge in the housing quarters of the 28th Infantry Battalion, so that she can sleep in peace. EL PAÍS interviewed the first female mayor of the city and visited her new home
Mexican criminologist Tadeo Luna: ‘Lynchings are often attributed to indigenous traditions, but now they are more related to inequality in the cities’
In Mexico, these types of murders by angry crowds are spreading from rural to urban areas and are frequently incited by organized crime
Carlos Manuel Álvarez, writer: ‘There won’t be a democratic solution for Cuba, unless it’s led by women’
The award-winning Cuban journalist and author believes that the end of the dictatorship on the island “is already happening.” In a conversation with EL PAÍS, he laments the fact that leftist governments condemn the Nicaraguan and Venezuelan regimes, but don’t speak out against the dictatorship in his own country
Elena Reygadas: A day with the best female chef in the world
The chef-owner of the Rosetta restaurant – located in the Roma neighborhood of Mexico City – walked EL PAÍS through her day-to-day, from buying vegetables to leading her kitchen staff
Mexico puts soldiers on its beaches to guard vacationers
As Easter Week kicked off, murders in Cancún and Acapulco forced the government to deploy troops to the country’s major tourist centers
‘Chabelo’ dies: Mexico mourns legendary children’s television presenter
Comedian Xavier López Rodríguez, who spent nearly 50 years in Mexican front rooms every Sunday morning on his popular show, has passed away aged 88
Government corruption breeds criminal impunity in Mexico’s prisons
Powerful inmates manage their violent criminal enterprises while living in comfortable cells
A return ticket for the grandchildren of Spanish exiles in Latin America
A new law in Spain opens a path to citizenship for descendants of people who fled the Civil War and dictatorship. Thousands are now eligible to apply. These are three of their stories, from Argentina, Mexico and Venezuela
Mexico’s president attacks Peruvian government’s state of emergency
After Peru expelled Mexican Ambassador Pablo Monroy for interfering in domestic affairs, López Obrador accused the Andean country of being “undemocratic.” Meanwhile, the family of Pedro Castillo – the jailed former Peruvian president – has been granted asylum in Mexico
Mexico City is on alert after a threatening video circulates on social media
Heavily armed men claim control over Milpa Alta, a rural area on the capital’s southern fringe
In Mexico, it’s the Day of the Dead every day
The Zacatecas dog with the human head hanging from its mouth is a symbol of the absolute degradation that forces you to look the other way
Suntory killer: A man with expensive tastes who drew a gun against his wife
Businessman Jesús Hernández Alcocer shot the singer Yrma Lydya at a Japanese restaurant in Mexico City. An accomplice made off with the murder weapon, which prosecutors have located
Outbreak of blood and fire: The lynching of Daniel Picazo in a public square in Mexico
EL PAÍS reconstructs the murder of an adviser to the Chamber of Deputies in Papatlazolco, in the mountains of Puebla. Seven suspects have been arrested
Mexican political adviser burned alive in public lynching
Daniel Picazo was killed by an angry mob which wrongly identified the 31-year-old as a child abductor
‘The Italian mafia’s best students aren’t the Colombians, they’re the Mexicans’
Ismael Bojórquez, editor of the weekly newspaper ‘Ríodoce’ in Sinaloa, says that the narco and corruption have infiltrated all of society in Mexico
Easter in Mexico: How to safely travel in a country riddled by violence
The US State Department has issued advisories classifying different areas according to risk. Only two states are considered safe enough to visit with ‘normal precautions’
Endless terror in Mexico: Video shows a dozen people lined up against a wall and executed
The victims were attending a funeral wake in Michoacán; prosecutors say they found evidence of a massacre but no bodies